Jules Feiffer Quotes

I am somebody who... - I'm not saying I'm perfect, but I need that freedom, that ability to make mistakes out there. Because there's a fine line between making a mistake or being brilliant.

If you don't feel you're reaching something new, then don't do it.

As an actor, I still have to remind myself of daring to let go and not to repeat myself.

I love to play things that are out-of-the-box. It's just that I don't always get the chance to do it!

I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker.

I like surprising myself. I don't want to do the norm, do what I'm always known to do, write how I like to write.

Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life and character the author who works in a groove works in blinkers.

I like learning stuff. The more information you can get about a person or a subject, the more you can pour into a potential project. I made a decision to do different things. I want to do things that have a better chance of being thought of as original. I do everything I can to disrupt my comfort zone.

Working on my own gave me a chance to take my time and experiment a lot.

The ego is there, but I'm learning to channel it.

The best thing for an actor is to try it his way. The way they do it may not work, but it may inspire me to try something else.

The problem as you get older... is that you become more self-aware. At the same time, you have to surprise yourself. There's no way of arranging the surprise, so it is tricky.

I'd rather risk confusion and stay creatively fresh and stimulated. I feel like I'm growing and challenging myself all the time.

When you can surprise yourself, you're truly acting.

One of the things with the second record, a word I held close to my chest was 'brave.' To take chances to go outside the box and explore. To continue to toss off any expectation that our fans or anyone else might have of us, to just tap into who I am as a writer and artist and really just operate within that freedom of creation.

I just want to be myself. You learn from yourself, and that doesn't mean you have to drive slower; it actually means you have to drive faster, but maybe with a little bit in control, and that's what I learned.

I try to do different things, beautiful things, to play the game the way I see it, and I think I'm doing it pretty well.

If you wish to succeed in managing and controlling others - learn to manage and control yourself.

Some of us learn control, more or less by accident. The rest of us go all our lives not even understanding how it is possible, and blaming our failure on being born the wrong way.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.

He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

In the matter of learning, the difference between the earnest and the careless student stands out clearly. The same holds true in the mastering of passion and the weaknesses to which our nature is subject, as in the acquiring of virtue.

You can't buy something which does not exist. In a way, let's make things exist and then judge later. Don't cancel the process of creativity too early; let it flow.

To keep the edge, you just keep doing something new. I'm not gonna say that working is easy, but while I'm doing it, I'm just a happy little moron - that's how my girlfriend describes me. The fact that nothing might happen with those things is not the point. The point is, I'm doing new things, and I have a good feeling in my soul.